| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SINEWY | Tough as meat |
| SINEWY | Tough and stringy, as meat |
| strings | A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food, such as a tough elongated piece connecting the two halves of a bean pod |
| GRISTLE | Tough meat stuff |
| GRISTLE | Tough stuff in meat |
| STEW | Way to cook tough meat |
| gristle | the tough part of meat |
| SHOELEATHER | What tough meat may taste like? |
| gristles | GRISTLE, the tough part of meat |
